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2571. DIDYNAMIA, ANGTOSPERMI A . GESNERACE>E. 
ALLOPLEC'TUS con'color. |i PJ»nt, 2 feet || stove suffinticose plant, from Brazil, 
WHOLE-COLOURED ALLOPLECTUS. |l k lower, ij inch I. in 1846, flowers in July, orange-red, 
Allopleotus, see No. 2155. Although differing in the colour of its flowers, this 
plant is very nearly related, in habit and botanical character, to A. diochrous, No. 
2155. Introduced from Brazil to the Royal Kew Gardens. bot. mag. 4371 . 
2572. CRYPTOGAMS, FILICES. POLYPODIACEAI. 
ASPLE'NIURI compres'sum. J Height. 2 || stove herb, evergreen, St. Helena, in 
COMPRESSED SPLEENWORT. 3 width.' 1J inch i 1828, son brown, August to Novem. 
Aspleniura, see No. 1980. A fine robust fern, which produces abundance of 
young plants from the margins of its fronds, hence it has been known in some 
collections as A viviparum. Requires abundance of pot room. sp. of swartz. 
2573. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODTACE*. 
CIBO'TIUM SCHIDEA'NUM I Height, 6 feet II stove herbaceous evergreen, Mexico, 
schiede s CIBOTIUM. | width, Vj inch II in 1840, son brown, in the Summer. 
Cibotium, from kibotion a little chest ; alluding to the shape of the indusium. 
A rare and noble plant, growing in the collection of H. Low and Co, of Clapton. 
Should be encouraged by progressive pottings. sp. of schlecht. 
2574. DODECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LYTHRACE*. 
CU'PIIEA SILENOI'DES. H Plant. ^ foi>, h 1 Hardy annual, from Mexico, in 1845, 
CATCHFLY CCPHEA. || Flower. 11 inch II flowers in August, deep red purple. 
Cuphea, see No. 2127. The flowers of this Cuphea are somewhat showy, 
although not brilliant. It is a novelty deserving a place in the borders ; or a bed 
to itself, where masses of single plants are adopted. bot. mag. 4302 . 
2575. CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. BRYACE*. 
DI'CRANUM GLAU'CUM. 11 stem, I1 inch 1 1, plant, one-third the size of nature. 
WHITE fork-moss. || Seta, inch J 2, leaf ; 3, capsule; 4, lid ; magnified. 
Dicranum, see No. 2545. An abundant moss in wet places, clothing the 
earth with a smooth, rather pale, green carpet ; sometimes double the height of our 
stated measurement. Its nerveless, netted leaves resemble a Sphagnum. 
2576. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACEAE. 
ECHINOCAC'TUS chloroph- Heieht, 3 inch | stove evergreen, Mexico, cultivated in 
thal'mus. green-eyed ECHIN.I! nowarj 4 lash I 1845, flowers during Summer, purple. 
Echinocactus, see No. 2050. Amongst this curious tribe of grotesque plants 
we have rarely met with a more beautiful flower than the present ; its size, colour, 
anthers, and stigma, unite to attract admiration, bot. mag. 4373. 
2577. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODI ACEAI. 
GLEICIIE'NIA siicrophyl , la.!I Height, is inch i| Greenhouse herb, evergreen, N. Hoi- 
y Leaflet, 2 inch , _ 
SMALL-LEAVED GLEICHEXIA. ( Width, 1 inch II land, 1824, son brown, in Summer. 
Named after Baron P. F. von Gleichen, a German botanist. Pot in sandy 
peat, mixed with a little sphagnum ; enclose in a second pot, and fill up the 
interstice with damp sphagnum ; cover all with a hand-glass, sp.of r. brown. 
2578. CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. BRYACE*. 
GYMNOS'TOMUMtrunca'tulumii Stem, IhinchT 1, plant, the natural size. 2,plant;3, 
BLUNT-FRUITED beardless-moss, f Seu, 14 inch || ] ea f ; 4, capsule; 5, lid ; 6,hood ; mag. 
Gymnostomum, see No. 2534. This minute moss is common on dry banks and 
old walls ; in fructification in March ; sometimes growing singly. It may gener- 
ally be identified by its turbinate or wide-mouthed capsule. 
282. FLORAL REGISTER. 
